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Saturday, November 04, 2006

Dala horse

I have wanted one of these for years! I just love the graphic nature of it.

Yet it is simple and folkish. I found this one today at a local thrift store for $3.00. Way good price. I have looked into these before. One the same size I looked at two years ago at Oktoberfest was selling for $75.00 -- a lot for a 5-inch tall toy. So I passed back then. But I got this one today; I am very contented with it. It has a small clip in the paint, but I am good with that. Just shows it has been around for a while. Was actually carved in Sweden, so it's not a knock off. It still has original maker's paper label. If you want to learn more about these go to here.